Redesigned and chemically-modified hammerhead ribozymes with improved activity and serum stability

BMC Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Hendry, Philip ^a   McCall, Maxine J ^a   Stewart, Tom S ^b   Lockett, Trevor J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; HAMMERHEAD RIBOZYME; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHORAMIDOUS ACID DERIVATIVE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; GENE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RNA CLEAVAGE; SYNTHETASE 2 GENE;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 33751413385     PISSN: 14726769     EISSN: 14726769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6769-4-1     Document Type: Article

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